Transcript HOW TO OVERCOME WORRY Worry - divided or distracted 1. Worrying can affect your health 2.

HOW TO OVERCOME WORRY
Worry - divided or distracted
1. Worrying can affect your health
2. Worrying can disrupt our spiritual productivity
3. Worrying can diminish God’s peace
4. Worrying affects the way we treat others
“Worrying is like a rocking chair; it will give you
something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to
God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under
the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in
due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for
He cares for you.
Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And
He shall sustain you;
Four reasons why we shouldn’t worry
1. Matthew 6:25 " Therefore I say to you, do not
worry about your life, what you will eat or what
you will drink; nor about your body, what you will
put on. Is not life more than food and the body
more than clothing?
Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work
together for good to those who love God, to those
who are the called according to His purpose.
2. Matthew 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air, for
they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
of more value than they?
Matthew 10:29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a
copper coin? And not one of them falls to the
ground apart from your Father's will. 30 "But the
very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 "Do
not fear therefore; you are of more value than
many sparrows.
3. Matthew 6:27 And which of you by being
anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Luke 10: 38 Now it happened as they went that
He entered a certain village; and a certain woman
named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at
Jesus' feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha
was distracted with much serving, and she
approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care
that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Therefore tell her to help me." 41 And Jesus
answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you
are worried and troubled about many things. 42
"But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen
that good part, which will not be taken away from
her."
4. Matthew 6:28 "So why do you worry about
clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 "and yet I say
to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these. 30 "Now if God so
clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not
much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31
"Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we
eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we
wear?' 32 "For after all these things the Gentiles
seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you
need all these things.
Jesus gives two ways to overcome worry
1. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you.
2. Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Don’t be a worrywart!
• Worry causes physical and spiritual harm
• Jesus four reasons for not worrying can be
summed up by saying, “trust in God’s providence
to provide for you and to help your problems
Three different ways to overcome worry
1. Turn our worries over to God through prayer
2. Seek the kingdom of God first and His
righteousness
3. Stay focused on today’s problems and don’t
worry about tomorrow